Shattered Kingdoms

Leveling seems like a drag at times. More so than before, but it isn't impossible.

As for the comment of having to level before you RP, I really, really don't like that attitude. I find it is a poor attitude to have (not attacking the player, just hear me out).

Lirimaer is about 3 RL years old. She only JUST GM'd a short time before she joined the Guardians. She has even lost it about 5-10 times. She has intentionally sacrificed GM status to save the world, help others, etc.

You cannot tell me that Lirimaer was not a well-known or influential force prior to ever receiving GM. That girl has been making waves for so long, the desert should be a swamp by now.

Influence is not always about level, or loot, or how well you know the game. It really is all about setting goals and working to accomplish them.

The game is not about WINNING and as long as you have that kind of attitude, leveling will be a chore for you. Rather than a game, consider Shattered Kingdoms a never-ending storybook. Here you have a chance to influence the lives of others and play a role. You get to help create a rich environment that sucks you and others into it.

Guess what? Dulrik thought about that and has a system where being a part of that environment is rewarded. You get experience for taking part in roleplaying. You get experience for exploring the game, for developing your character, and most importantly, the more you interact, the more fun you have in the game. You can never 'win' SK. What you can do is 'enrich' SK and have fun doing it.

The apathetic attitude is probably partially why we don't have the 'heroes of old' anymore. Characters come and go too quickly. Very few do anything memorable or are remembered for what they did. People are just in a 'rush-rush-move-along' attitude. Slow down, play your characters longer, enjoy them.

Who's Lirimaer?

Buuurn!

HAHA, I was going to make that same post.

Lirimaer, do you do anything other then talk about yourself, Compare people to Yourself, or just try and prove you are better then everyone else?

She plays SK. Apart from that, she was basically saying she's not like most people who are posting here. It doen't take levels to RP or to be influencial. She was merely using her character as an example, because .. it is one. Levels and tactics make the PK of the game what it is. Some people struggle with the RP at lower levels because they're more focused on the levelling aspect of the game to leave their PK mark. Others focus on the RP more than concerning themselves with the tactical.

Personally, I just find the grinding of the levelling rather boring and uninspirational when there is nothing in the game promoting the drive/reason/purpose of even knowing to go out and discover what's out there. When the RP led me off somewhere, that was a different story all together.

The way to gain xp on SK is to enjoy the game. The time goes faster, and the reward is greater. Meet people, find out where they go IC/why.

Best wishes.

I've seen some pretty influential characters that were pretty damn well known far before GM status.

Takeshi, to name one off the bat.

I think there is no real 'trick' to doing it as much as things to avoid doing, such as being 'I, me, my' all the time, or looking for attention as if it's something you should be given naturally.

Surely enough leveling can be a drag as it does take long hours of pasting NPCs, but it really depends on your playstyle. There are a lot of people that will help you with leveling if you RP with them a bit, even if they are already GM. I suppose my suggestion would be to run your charcter on a solid concept, without expecting everyone to like you for it. Make those that do your friends, and they'll help you with your leveling, too.
This is all of course pretty obvious but, somehow this thread made me feel that it was being overlooked...

God if only everyone thought that way. I think we have a few players that should quit SK and go play counter-strike or something.

Bah! I'll HEAD SHOT all day long with magic missile if I want to!

Can I request that you aim for the knee? PLZ!

People can play however they want (within the rules) but how you play affects your level of enjoyment.

I will go grind a few levels and rather than sleep during recoup, I prefer to RP. For me it breaks up the grind. People do things differently.

I don't see a reason to have to be a GM even for PK. I have had characters who were under GM PK and be PKed. It happens and will happen. It is a part of the game and overall, part of the learning experience.

Your character is not going to be OMG the Wisest in the land simply because they are GM. In fact, I don't like characters who I've never heard of who are suddenly GM. It screams twink in my mind. I think characters suffer when they aren't allowed to grow as people.

An area doesn't work for you, go try another one.

I knew a player working on a concept that it would have taken her ages to level but she was dedicated enough to the concept, that she accepted it and went with it. She was not going to fight at all, to defend herself or level. She would simply use her spells and the experience from that to level. A character like that would have become known and well known for her views. Name recognition, for better or worse, comes with time and behaviors of the character, rather than level.

Once again, this is just my personal opinion, and restated without using any character as an example.